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Christmas on Route 66
As if the Thanksgiving on Route 66 trip wasn’t enough, now comes “Christmas on Route 66”. I’ve been wanting to get my dad out on the road with me for a couple of years & now he’s finally agreed. Destination: A Christmas steak dinner at the Big Texan in Amarillo. He’s picking me up Christmas Eve morning & we’re interstating Wednesday & Thursday and bunking up at the Big Texan Motel Christmas night after a steak dinner at the BT. Friday we’ll turn around and mosy on 66 Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. Should be a cool father/son bonding thing. I’ve always been intrigued by the story he told me of his…
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Mickey Blue Eyes Filming Locations
My daughter Amber documented the following series of photos from “Mickey Blue Eyes” The Minetta Tavern – MacDougal & Minetta Streets, New York, New York James Caan outside the Minetta Tavern, aka “The La Trattoria” in the movie. June 2008 Hugh Grant enters the Minetta Tavern, aka “The La Trattoria” in the movie. June 2008 The Alleva Dairy – Little Italy, New York June 2008 Central Park West at 67th Street – New York, New York June 2008 MacDougal Street – New York, New York June 2008
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The Grapes of Wrath Filming Locations
Beckham County Courthouse, US 66 – Sayre, Oklahoma US 66 west of Albuquerque, New Mexico One day, I was watching The Grapes of Wrath and noticed that this particular view looked very familiar. I checked our Route 66 honeymoon photos from June 2002 and saw the 2nd photo below. I don’t think I could have taken the photo of the same location and had it match more perfectly with a printed screenshot with me! We took this photo without even knowing about this particular scene! June 2002 Trails Arch Bridge – Route 66, Topock, Arizona 2002. This bridge crossing on Route 66 from Topock, Arizona into California over the Colorado…
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Men in Black II Filming Locations
My daughter Amber documented the following series of photos from “Men in Black II” New York Subway – 81st Street Station / Museum of Natural History June 2008 Hayden Planetarium – New York, New York June 2008 Famous Ben’s Pizza of Soho – New York, New York June 2008
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Movie Filming Locations
Here’s a random collection of movie filming locations, of which I don’t have enough photos to warrant a separate page. Big FAO Schwarz, 5th Avenue & 58th Street, New York, New York 12-year old Josh Baskin, frustrated at his slight stature, turns into a grownup after making a wish with a fortune telling machine called Zoltar. After frantically searching for the Zoltar machine to turn back into a kid, Josh has some time on his hands, while waiting for information from the Department of Consumer affairs as to the location of a Zoltar machine, and gets a job in the data processing department at MacMillan Toys. One Saturday, Josh spends a…
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Moonstruck Filming Locations
Another favorite film of mine is “Moonstruck.” Cher plays Loretta Castorini, an Italian-American widow living with her parents in Brooklyn, who is torn between her fiancé and his brother. First, here is a video montage created by my daughter Amber, containing her photos, as well as some of mine. Once you have enjoyed that, I have the locations listed below, with the photos. Not all locations in the video are up on this page yet…it’s a work in progress! [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v9t7PMToEoE&hl=en&fs=1] 19 Cranberry Street, Brooklyn Heights, Brooklyn Here are two views of the Castorini House from the movie. 2004 Loretta walking back to her house on Cranberry Street May 2008 West on Cranberry…
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Saturday Night Fever Filming Locations
I had fun while in New York back in May 2008 tracing the footsteps of Tony Manero, footsteps that walked the streets of Brooklyn to the pulsating rhythm of “Stayin’ Alive.” Of course, Tony Manero, played by John Travolta, is the main character of the film, king of the (paint) store by day and the disco floor by night. The Verrazano-Narrows Bridge – Brooklyn, New York The opening of the film starts with an aerial shot of the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge, which connects Brooklyn to Staten Island. From the point of view of the camera, Manhattan is visible in the background. There’s alot of significance to the scene. You can’t see…
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Indiana State Road 236
Not long ago, a fellow roadie from the Indy area (code name “mobilene”) had a post on his blog about an end to end trip he took on Indiana State Road 42. I’ve admired his writings of his road logs and vowed to start documenting some routes in our home state as well. I figure together we should wrap up the entire state by the time we’re in our mid-late 110’s. My first…and hopefully not last…entry is based on a route that goes all the way back to my very beginnings: State Road 236. It stretches from just north of Danville and makes a 41 mile trek through west central…
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Yeah, Rain Man definitely filmed here
Here’s a compilation of screen shots from the 1988 film “Rain Man” starring Tom Cruise and Dustin Hoffman and photos of some of the locations, taken by me. John A. Roebling Suspension Bridge / Cincinnati – Covington Here is a scene where they are crossing the Roebling Bridge between Ohio and Kentucky: Here is a photo I took of the bridge: Pompilio’s Restaurant – Newport, Kentucky There was a scene filmed at Pompilio’s Restaurant. Here is the exterior from the film: I took this photo last year. It looks so much less barren now! Here’s the interior of the restaurant, a scene when they are ordering their pancakes from their waitress: Sally…
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November 28, 2008: Route 66 (Day 2)
This morning at the motel, I did searched geocaching.com for geocaches along Route 66, as well as back to Indianapolis. I just got a new GPS, a DeLorme PN-40, and was anxious to try it out. I hadn’t cached for a while, and was ready for some caching! We left the motel and followed 66 through Rolla, where we found our first cache of the day, and our first in Missouri. We decided to stick with just one or two caches per hour so we could make it as far as Oklahoma City on this trip. We also wanted to get to Pop’s – a gas statiohn/ soda ranch /…